Bagrat IV of Georgia

Bagrat IV of Georgia (1018-24 November 1072) was the king of Georgia from 1027 to 1072, succeeding Giorgi I of Georgia and preceding Giorgi II of Georgia.

Biography
Bagrat was born in 1018 to the House of Bagrationi, a Georgian noble family. He was the son of King Giorgi I of Georgia, who made him a hostage of the Byzantine Empire after a failed war in 1022. He was eight when he succeeded his father as king of Georgia in 1027, and during his long reign, he suppressed his most powerful vassals and brought several feudal enclaves under his rule. He forced Lorri, Kakheti, and the Emirate of Tbilisi to become his vassals, and bore several Byzantine titles, having influence in the Byzantine court. His daughter Maria of Alania was married to Emperor Michael VII of Byzantium. He died in 1072 at the age of 54, although he had reigned for 45 years.